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Guide: Overclocking FX-8350 To 4.8GHz On Crosshair V Formula-Z

MarshallR

Time to Tweak
While there can be signif icant variation between CPUs, the AMD FX-8350 is pretty reliable in its limits and required voltages; most samples should be capable of this 4.8GHz overclock given suf f icient cooling. T hat said, theres always the random sample element in any overclocking; if youre unsuccessf ul, just drop the multiplier in single increments until stable, and then dial back the voltage to match. First make sure the UEFI BIOS into its Advanced mode . ROG boards should automatically def ault to this view. Select the f irst Extreme Tweaker tab Set the CPU Ratio to 24; youll notice the target CPU speed at the top increase to 4,800MHz (image CPU ratio to 24)

Set the Memory Frequency to your desired setting; were using DDR3-1,600MHz here.

Scroll down the page to CPU & NB Voltage ensure its set to Manual Mode Set the CPU Manual Voltage to 1.5V. It will show up red, but this is f ine; just dont go pushing it too much f urther.

Go back and select the DIGI+ Power Control Menu Set CPU Load Line Calibration to Ultra High

Next, look to the top line menu buttons and click on Advanced.

Select the CPU Conf iguration menu

Here, set Cool n Quiet to Always Disabled.

Make sure that C1E is set to Disabled.

You may also wish to disable Core C6 State, which controls core idling Be sure to save the overclock as a Prof ile in the Tool menu, so you can load it quickly should anything happen Finally, hit F10 to save your changes and restart

Stress Test
With the overclock applied, boot back into Windows and repeat the earlier stress test, running AI Suite II to monitor temperatures and CPU-Z to check f requencies. In CPU-Z the CPU should now report as running at 4.8GHz (or marginally higher depending on baseclock f luctuations). However, youll also notice the CPU temperature has increased a lot too; our setup here recorded a delta T of 49C. T his is hot, as expected, but still within the T JMax of the chip though.

Is that all stable? Good. T he voltage weve applied here of 1.5V can now be reduced. Go back into the BIOS and try small voltage drops without reducing the clock speed. T his chip was able to run stable with a voltage of 1.49V, but reducing it f urther caused instability as indicated by Prime95 errors. You can also f urther reduce power draw by attempting to drop the Load line Calibration setting to Extreme or High, but again, there is likely only minimal room f or this if you want to achieve a stable 4.8GHz.